[22:37:02] <Natalie> "And making other people happy makes meeeeeeee happy..."

[22:37:04] <Natalie> Yaaawn.

[22:37:25] <@Kain> Gale: "Personally, and no offense, Natalie, you're cool, but I'm a bit tired of hearing about eidolons lately. It seems like seventy percent of what we research links back to them at some point."

[22:38:08] * Natalie grins a goofy grin. "Well it's not like we TRY to be popular.... is it? Do we? Maybe we do."

[22:38:25] <@Kain> Cirra reaches over and strokes your hair, smiling. "Welllll, I'm not sure I can identify what caused you to transform in the first place, though."

[22:38:39] <@Kain> Cirra: "But given what happened today, I may have a theory!"

[22:38:47] <Natalie> "A theory!"

[22:38:53] <@Kain> Cirra: "What if your human form is some sort of... power conservation mode?"

[22:38:55] * Natalie goes almost starry-eyed at this news.

[22:39:08] <Natalie> "Ah... huh."

[22:39:34] <Natalie> "Like you mean, I uh... used too much power to keep being me?"

[22:39:35] <@Kain> Cirra: "Meaning... you didn't have a lot of energy and took on a human form to try and save what you had?"

[22:40:14] <Natalie> "Well that's pretty WEIRD-sounding. But I guess it might not be impossible!"

[22:40:24] <@Kain> Cirra: "All I know is that when you exhibited Trance, your energy levels spiked! I mean, that's rather normal for trance, but... you couldn't perform that technique previously, right?"

[22:41:18] <Natalie> "My Ruby Light? Um... only a little. I can reflect light and magic... but it takes a lot of energy to do, and I don't think I can do a lot at once right now."

[22:41:38] <@Kain> Elizabeth walks over and begins roughly shoving the machines and Nat aside - you're on Bebe's dinner table, and slams a large pot of some sort of fishy stew. "Dinner's up."

[22:42:18] <@Kain> Gale: "That's not nearly as much as earlier... what, were you showing off for that guy?"

[22:44:10] <Natalie> "Showing off? That DOES sound pretty me... but I kinda doubt it. One Reflect at a time is usually all I have in me. Or stuff liiiiiike...." She looks at a wall to initiate laser pointer mode for a second. And barely resists the temptation to jump after it.

[22:46:13] <@Kain> It seems to have fish and onion and celery and red pepper and

[22:46:45] <@Kain> fresh tomatoes, parsley, garlic

[22:46:52] <Natalie> "Still, thanks for the help. I don't think we've had ANYTHING to go on about this for a while." She sniffs some more. "Just that I was like this and... played a bunch of pretend-games for a long time."

[23:00:51] <Natalie> "Ah-huh... so do you mean it makes enemies weaker too?"

[23:00:59] <@Kain> Cirra: "And in specializing in those specifically, I've learned to cast almost entirely new spells without actually having to go through the trouble of creating new magic."

[23:01:09] <@Kain> Cirra: "Mhm..."

[23:01:56] <@Kain> Cirra: "It could be something like Blindga, or Degenerator, or even X-Zone."

[23:02:09] * Natalie instinctively shivers a little. Just a little.

[23:04:06] <Natalie> Sipslurp. "My 4Ruby Light... well, I always thought it was special with how it helps out a big group at once. But now that I did it again, I remembered that it's hard to do just anytime! It takes a LOT of buildup or strong feelings. Unlike... what were you calling it? Pro... tay...."

[23:04:10] <@Kain> Cirra: "In truth, it's not ENTIRELY new magic, I just apply something similar to the Blue Mage technique of Diffusion, converting life energy into an amplification source that can alter my spells. Except I utilize my mana, not my health. I've started to teach Gale something similar, as you saw earlier today."

[23:04:42] <@Kain> Cirra: "Protega?"

[23:05:07] <Natalie> "Nnnn, that's why... something seemed weird about it. Not that there weren't strong feelings or anything! But..." She snaps her fingers oh wow how does she even remember how to do that. "Yeah, that's it!"

[23:05:09] <@Kain> Gale: "Sheez, you're long-winded, Cirra."

[23:05:41] <Natalie> "I do it all natural," she says proudly, "but making new techniques for it is a good idea. Still sounds... a little dangerous though."

[23:06:02] <Natalie> "What if you use too much? So much that you blow up?"

[23:06:08] <@Kain> Cirra laughs. "There is no research that isn't potentially dangerous!"

[23:07:21] <@Kain> Cirra: "I'm also working on strengthening spells, rather than just casting them on my allies. Right now I'm working on... well the name is Tentative, but "Temper 2", a stronger version of Temper."

[23:08:31] <@Kain> Elizabeth: "...would you like more." she asks through gritted teeth.

[23:08:37] * Natalie sets the bowl down and beams. "Naming is something that comes from the heart!"

[23:08:46] <Natalie> "Yeah, seconds, definitely. This is delicious!"

[23:10:44] <Natalie> "Usually, it'll just come to you. Sometimes it might sound weird, or not make any sense, but what matters is that it's yours and you can be proud of it anyway!" She nods at her own words of wisdom and maybe the player sees a flashback of using 'Bloodthirsty Fang' on a skeleton. I mean, at least it wasn't the poorly-translated name 'Fang Which Wants Blood' or anything though.

[23:13:32] <@Kain> Elizabeth: "Tempura." Cirra: "No, I already used that." Elizabeth: "You're missing the joke." she says as she dishes up Nat some food.

[23:14:17] <Natalie> "Thaaaanks~!" Nat explodes in hunger without knowing why. Unless Ammy had been making tempura along with the sashimi she's been carrying around for weeks and still eating jesus christ but who cares it's delicious.

[23:14:25] <Natalie> Sip.

[23:14:54] <@Kain> Cirra: "So, Natalie, I'm curious. Do you have a boyfriend yet? ...Sorry if that's not something you remember."

[23:14:59] <@Kain> Gale: "Oh boy, here we go."

[23:15:07] <Natalie> "Oh!"

[23:15:08] <Natalie> :D

[23:15:12] <Natalie> "It's not!"

[23:15:40] <Natalie> "I get a weird happy feeling being asked that though... so maybe."

[23:15:54] <Natalie> "Then again I'm happy all the time, so" slurrp.

[23:16:12] <@Kain> Elizabeth: "Cirra is a pretty nosy person." she says, taking out some sort of rice wine and pouring herself a cup.

[23:16:19] <@Kain> Cirra: "I resent that!"

[23:16:22] * Natalie headtilts a bit. "Is that bad?"

[23:16:41] <@Kain> Gale: "Only if you you let her near alcohol. Then she becomes a homewrecker."

[23:16:53] <@Kain> Cirra: "T-that was only that one time..."

[23:16:59] <Natalie> "Uh-huh. Better write that down..."

[23:17:04] <@Kain> Gale: "We were engaged, Cir."

[23:17:20] <Natalie> "Engaged in what?" Sip!

[23:17:22] <@Kain> Cirra: "Uuuuu..." she looks down into her bowl.

[23:17:28] <Natalie> "In combat?"

[23:17:36] <@Kain> Gale: "Nothing, nothing. It was years ago..."

[23:18:08] * Natalie goes back to scarfing.

[23:18:31] <Natalie> "Ahhhhn. You all really sound like you have lots of fun together."

[23:19:38] <@Kain> Cirra: "I... get embarassing under the influence of alcohol, yes." she says, deflating quite a bit.

[23:19:39] * Natalie considers asking 'what's a' to both of those strange words but decides against it, instead pretending and laughing along with the... they're not laughing are they.

[23:20:27] <@Kain> Gale: "Thing is, he -wasn't- drunk and I knew my friend had a problem, so one got dumped, and the other I stuck with."

[23:21:45] <@Kain> Elizabeth: "It amazes me, you're so childlike even though you're older than all of us put together, Carbuncle..." she examines Nat a moment.

[23:22:04] <Natalie> "Hee hee." Slurp. "I wonder if it's because...."

[23:22:22] <Natalie> "... I'm so old and wise that I decided to just take it easy!"

[23:22:40] <Natalie> "Could be wrong. Could actually be the amnesia."

[23:23:59] <@Kain> Gale unfolds her scythe and shakes it like a stick. "You kids get off my lawn or I'll reflect sun in your eyes! Back in my day we'd get punks like you with laser beams, and we had to run cross country to get to our summoners, uphill both ways! You don't even know how good you have it!"

[23:24:00] <Natalie> "But I like doing fun things. If I live as long as I say I do, that just means all the more time to enjoy doing things. Memories or not!"

[23:24:12] * Natalie pffffs

[23:25:03] <@Kain> Elizabeth: "I like that she's an easy going geezer instead of a cranky one." she laughs.

[23:25:35] <Natalie> "Okay, maybe I should get someone to promise to cast that... one spell on me if I ever DO act like that. X something?"

[23:25:45] <@Kain> Cirra: "X-Zone?"

[23:26:17] * Natalie finishes another bowl. "Probably. Maybe when I get all my memories back I CAN go around teaching humans about relaxing."

[23:26:25] <Natalie> "Or... maybe I'll just hang around and take lots of naps."

[23:28:57] <@Kain> Everyone seems to be finishing up their meal...

[23:29:24] <@Kain> Cirra: "So, Carlie, you're the guest of honor. Is there anything you'd like to do?"

[23:31:04] <Natalie> "It does... I think I'll get people to call me that when 'Natalie' wears its charm. But let's see," she folds her arms and ponders a bit.

[23:31:34] <Natalie> Mostly on horrible things like 'cranking open booze and partying,' or 'racing a lap around the entire continent,' or 'firing laser beams at- better to stop right there.

[23:33:05] <Natalie> Oh and 'eat fish.' Gets crossed off the mental list, they just did that.

[23:34:52] <Natalie> "... Nah, there really isn't. I-" oh god horrible idea alart. "Waiiiiit a second, there WAS a weird letter I've had in my pocket for a while but never could figure out who it was from or what it meant. And I never wrote in my diary about it..."

[23:35:06] * Natalie pulls out the letter from Bunce oh jesus this is not a good idea. "What do you guys think THIS means?"

[23:35:16] <@Kain> Cirra: "Let's see it!"

[23:35:20] <Natalie> "Okay~!"

[23:35:23] <@Kain> She takes the letter and looks over it.

[23:35:32] <@Kain> Remind me of the exact contents of the letter?

[23:35:49] <Natalie> Pretty sure it was just a tl;dr 'You're cute, let's hang out next time you're in town'

[23:36:22] <@Kain> Cirra: "Oh, is this... a confession from a boy?"

[23:36:38] <@Kain> Cirra: "Someone apparently likes you! So you -did- have a boyfriend?"

[23:36:48] <Natalie> "I... think... so? But the name doesn't ring any bells. None!"

[23:36:58] <@Kain> Gale: "Huuuh...."

[23:37:06] <Natalie> "Oohhh, I might've forgot someone important... so whoever it is I can't just tell them I totally forgot, right?"

[23:37:11] <@Kain> Gale: "Maybe it was some kid who had a crush on you."

[23:37:42] <Natalie> "Maybe I was playing one of my pretend-games and it was someone who thought I was someone else?"

[23:37:56] <@Kain> Elizabeth: "Well, what are you going to do when you see him again?"

[23:38:30] <Natalie> "Hmm... there could be someone else who knows about it."

[23:38:55] <Natalie> "But what if he finds me first? Ooh, that's scary to think about, 'cause I don't even remember what he looks like!"

[23:39:13] <Natalie> "(Or even worse, what if it's a girl?)"

[23:39:36] <@Kain> Cirra: "Why does it matter if she's a girl?"

[23:40:06] <@Kain> Gale: "You do realize, Cirra, that everyone isn't into girls like you and Liz are..."

[23:40:21] <Natalie> "Then I wouldn't know why she's in love with me! ... Then again I guess I wouldn't know that with a boy either."

[23:48:39] <Natalie> "Yeah! Thanks everyone!" She flicks her imaginary tail. By which I mean she doesn't. Because it's not there. ... Right now.

[23:48:54] <@Kain> Elizabeth: "I'm going out for a smoke."

[23:49:07] <@Kain> She picks herself up and excuses herself from the table.

[23:49:42] <Natalie> "... I guess I should probably take another nap or something. I gotta wait for Mr. Delta to be ready before leaving anyway, even though I have a mission to do and all."

[23:50:03] <Natalie> "Mission..."

[23:50:05] <@Kain> Cirra, meanwhile, is already pulling those weird instruments back over to the table, just setting them on top of the empty plates and shit. Though when Nat speaks up, she goes "Awwww."

[23:50:09] * Natalie headshakes. Nah, it's nothing.

[23:50:17] <Natalie> "..."

[23:50:23] <Natalie> "Okay, you can research me a LITTLE more."

[23:50:44] <@Kain> Cirra claps her hands. and Gale rolls her eyes a bit.

[23:51:06] <@Kain> Is there anything you personally want to do, Tree?

[23:51:23] <Natalie> "But just a little! It's the only chance I'll have for someone to figure out what happened... still tired though..."